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Hanna Kim has been the percussion coach for TRYPO’s Wind Symphony since 2021 and was a TRYPO member from 2007 to 2009, making her a part of the TRYPOfam for over a decade! Ms. Kim is currently a freelance musician based in Pittsburgh. She performs with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, New World Symphony in Miami, and Curtis Symphony Orchestra in Philadelphia.  Ms. Kim earned her Bachelor of Music Performance degree from The Juilliard School where she studied with Daniel Druckman, her Masters of Music degree from Temple University under the tutelage of Alan Abel and Christopher Deviney, and her…

For Black History Month, we want to start off by telling you a bit about two fantastic living composers – Omar Thomas and Kelijah Dunton – and what inspired them to write some incredible pieces of music. We are excited for our students to be performing these works this semester! Omar Thomas’ piece “Of Our New Day Begun” was written to honor the nine people who lost their lives to an act of hate and domestic terrorism that occurred in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015. Throughout the piece, you can hear…

Congratulations to the following students who have been invited to join TRYPO’s 2021-22 Season! Welcome to the #TRYPOfam! Check out the full ensemble rosters!

Congratulations to the following students who have been accepted to the 2019-20 Season of Symphonette! Students are listed in alphabetical order by last name: ViolinDai’Quon J. BolekyAnna Delale-O’ConnorViola HaggertyEloise JohnsonMaria SchroederSophia SellnerSophia SmithKiana SuttonLily TangSofia VujevichSiyuan Michelle YangLeonardo Yu ViolaMartine Ferrency CelloIvy EcholsAmanda GreenEmma Nolan BassMolly Hoover

Congratulations to the following students who have been accepted to the 2019-20 Season of Wind Symphony! Students are listed in alphabetical order by last name: Flute Bryan Chen Athena Konidaris Lawrence Liu Hannah Zheng Oboe Gianna Portera Clarinet Leah Henning Katie Horrocks Bassoon Sonny Hur Alto Saxophone Nathan Reynolds Otis Liu French Horn Nathaniel Kisslinger Trombone Ben Wasson Percussion Wesley Madge Kessid Wicker

Congratulations to the following students who have been accepted to the 2019-20 Season of YPO! Students are listed in alphabetical order by last name: ViolinAntonio CerriHallie DongLily KaufmanMargaret KeplerPearl LeeKarina LinKathryn MiLeila MonahanMaggie MuLydia NolanAngelina SternEtienne Strandberg-HouzéRonald Wang ViolaAnna SpakAlexander SternKatie Voigt CelloBob CareyFaith HolcombWilliam KumerGrant NewkirkAbigail PhillipsJonah RosenbergGracyn ThatcherAiden ThorntonSophia Zundel BassAiden FromanMeghashyam KrishnasamyGrady Papa FluteMia HeronBen NovotnyLauren Radeschi OboeRebecca Lang ClarinetMolly Doherty BassoonArjun Wasan French HornMadelyn FrancisNathaniel KisslingerBekah Tupper TromboneLandan PerezBen Tupper Bass TromboneJustin Pacella PercussionWesley Madge

We are working hard on 2018-19 plans and can’t wait to get started! Here are a few things next season’s students can look forward to: YPO 2018-19 Repertoire tentative plans include: – Joy Ride by Michael Markowski (Pittsburgh premiere!) – “Adventures on Earth” from ET by John Williams – Selections from The Planets by Gustav Holst – Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler (mvt. 3 & mvt. 4) – Overture [Considering Overture to West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, or Overture to La Forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi, or Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg by Richard Wagner] – Winner of the TRYPO Concerto Competition Symphonette…